Rajkot: The state monitoring cell (SMC) seized 21,792 bottles of liquor worth Rs 86.63 lakh from a mini truck near Radhe Krishna Hotel on the Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway, near Bamanbor village, in the jurisdiction of Airport police station.The liquor, packed in 604 cartons, was concealed behind empty boxes labelled as containers for pain-relief gels, police said.Acting…
Palanpur: One pilgrim was killed and 11 others were injured after a speeding SUV rammed into a group of devotees walking to Ambaji for the Bhadarvi Poonam fair near Dolgadh, close to Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district, on Monday.The incident occurred when the SUV allegedly sped past a barricade and hit a Gujarat Rakshak Dal (GRD)…
Rajkot: Security agencies were put on high alert after an email threatening to blow up the Somnath Temple was received on Monday morning, prompting an intensive search of the temple premises and surrounding areas.After an alert was issued by the state police control room, Gir Somnath district police rushed to the temple and launched a…
Rajkot: A 33-year-old packaging film trader from Rajkot allegedly lost Rs 8.1 lakh after he opened an APK file link sent through WhatsApp by a person posing as a “motor manager” and displaying the trader’s actual vehicle number.The complainant, Vimal Chaniyara, told police that he received the WhatsApp message on July 28 from an unknown…
Rajkot: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) and a gram raksha dal (GRD) jawan were arrested by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officers on Sunday for allegedly accepting a Rs 10,000 bribe from a complainant in connection with an assault case registered at Aji Dam police station.The arrested accused were identified as ASI Rajesh Mer (53), attached to the…
Rajkot: A 62-year-old scooter rider died and two others were injured after a tempo carrying DJ equipment allegedly went out of control while descending a bridge at Parevadi Chowk in Rajkot on Sunday afternoon.The deceased, Arun Shah, a resident of Gujarat Housing Board quarters near Umiya Chowk, was riding through Parevadi Chowk around 2.30pm when…
Rajkot: A Bhavnagar-based businessman operating a solar rooftop business was allegedly duped of Rs 19.35 lakh by online fraudsters posing as representatives of a Mumbai-based firm promising solar panels at discounted rates.The complainant, Bhagirat Dhandhlya (35), proprietor of Global Enterprise in Bhavnagar, filed a complaint with Cyber Crime police station.According to the FIR, Dhandhlya spotted…
Rajkot: A second-year engineering student from Andhra Pradesh died after falling from the tenth floor of her hostel at Marwadi University in Rajkot on Saturday morning. Police have begun an investigation and are examining her phone records after no suicide note was recovered.The deceased, Sobarnika Venkatesh Alla, was pursuing a BTech degree in Computer Science…
Rajkot: Kamlabaug police in Porbandar arrested two lawers for allegedly stealing computers from the mediation centre at the Porbandar district and sessions court and recovered the stolen property, valued at Rs 1.17 lakhRachit Desai, a bench clerk serving at the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), lodged a complaint for the theft on Friday. According to…
The operation vacated approximately 3,000 square metres of prime forest land, valued at an estimated Rs 15 crore Rajkot: In a crackdown aimed at protecting reserved forest land and local wildlife, the forest department on Saturday removed illegal religious structures from the Mirjapar reserve forest in the Bhuj West Range of Kutch district.The operation vacated…
